You can’t keep a great musician down.
Following her sensational sold-out trio concert at Dean Street in March, we had no option but to invite, for a further return to Pizza Express Jazz Club, the great singer – pianist Liane Carroll; this time, by popular demand, for both Friday 4th and Saturday October 5th evening concerts.
Liane is one of our outstanding British jazz greats and perhaps the most appreciated and in-demand musician appearing for our discerning regulars.
Long since her recovery from the dreaded Covid pandemic, which forced the cancellation of her Autumn 2022 concert, which led to her triumphant recovery Christmas party concert in December, Liane returns for a Springtime 2024 concert and now for two consecutive Autumn evenings, with another “dose” of her personal antidote to sadness and despondency. Liane is delighted we’ve invited her to return again by popular demand.
Music commentators are unanimous in their praise.
“One of the most stylistically flexible pianists around, with a marvellous, slightly husky singing voice" — (The Observer).
"A powerful, soul-inflected performer with an Ella Fitzgerald-like improv athleticism and an emotional frankness on ballads" — (The Guardian)
Liane’s first four albums all enjoyed four-starred reviews,and “Ballads” received ***** from Jazz Journal. "Seaside", won CD of the year at the 2015 British Jazz awards.
A winner of the British Jazz and Parliamentary Jazz Awards she received the 2016 Gold award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
She is a regular performer in the great jazz music venues, including not only staring in the Jazz Divas series, but also opening the series in September at The Pheasantry on the King’s Road; with Claire Martin in their Two’s Company concert at St John’s Smith Square in the EFG London Jazz Festival; sold-out performances at The Crazy Coqs; Piano Smithfield; her trio concerts at Dean Street and also duos with Ian Shaw and in summer festival performances across the country
To give you a big flavour of what’s in store, here is Liane in a fabulous concert in trio format, from Ronnie Scott’s
“Transcendent vocal and piano technique, with heart stopping emotion and soul bearing power."- Peter Quinn Jazzwise
Doors @ 6.30pm
Music @ 8pm.
Tickets £35
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